Psychology and Alchemy

Japanese: 心理学と錬金術 - しんりがくとれんきんじゅつ(英語表記)Psychologie und Alchemie
Psychology and Alchemy
One of the major works by Swiss psychologist and psychiatrist Jung. Published in 1944. Jung found in the symbolic expressions of alchemy, which was previously considered pseudoscientific, a process that parallels the development of human psychology, and in this book he attempted to prove this. The book is made up of three parts: Part 1 explains the relationship between alchemy and religious psychology; Part 2 deals with mandala-like dreams, which are said to be symbols of the self, and hallucinations of cosmic clocks; and Part 3 discusses the representation of salvation in alchemy. [Akiyama Satoko]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
スイスの心理学者・精神科医ユングの代表的な著作の一つ。1944年刊。ユングは従来疑似科学的なものとして考えられていた錬金術の象徴的表現の中に,人間の心理の発展と並行する過程を見いだし,本書によってそれを証明しようとした。錬金術と宗教心理との関連を説く第1部,自己の象徴といわれる曼荼羅様の夢,宇宙時計の幻覚などを扱った第2部,錬金術における救済表象を論じた第3部よりなる。【秋山 さと子】

出典 株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について 情報

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